## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/08/2023 Period start date To 31/07/2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Praise Bee**
## **Charity registration number: 1195622**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|(1) To promote the conservation, protection
and improvement of the physical and natural
environment, in particular but not exclusively,
through the re-introduction of solitary bees
and the establishment of wildflower
meadows with a view to improving
biodiversity.
(2) To advance the education of the public in
the conservation, protection and
improvement of the physical and natural
environment, in particular but not exclusively,
by focusing on the role of solitary bees and
wildflower meadows and their impact on
ecosystems and promoting research and
sharing and disseminating the useful results
thereof for the benefit of the general public.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We have continued to improve the wild
flower research reserve at Hunkington Moat
and to date have planted over 120 wild
flower species.
We have worked with many public bodies to
provide the opportunity for them to share the
knowledge to the public about how to
provide the best environment for pollinators
in general.
We regularly update the charity's website
with information on how the public can help
protect and improve the environment in their
gardens.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All charity trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission guidance on Public Benefit and
have taken this into account when deciding
what activities to carry out this year.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We are continuing to improve a wildflower
research reserve at Hunkington Moat and to
enrich the number of wild flower species
available to pollinators. .
With the aid of public bodies such as the,
MoD and now the RSPB, we are starting to
collect rare, indigenous solitary bees and
wasps and are introducing them into the
Hunkington Manor Moat. This work is also
being replicated with satellite wild flower
meadows being constructed at MoD
Bicester, RAF Syerston and MoD
Donnington.
As a result of our bee breeding programme,
we have been able to continue our nation-
wide bee release programme using NHS
hospitals as bee dispersal sites.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The trustees have approved the financial
statement as at 31/07/2024|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Funding received is used for day to day
running of the charity|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants from military suppliers and other
donations.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by a resolution
passed at a meeting of the charity trustees.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Praise Bee|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1195622|
|Charity’s principal address|Hunkington Lodge, Hunkington Nurseries
Walford Heath
Shrewsbury
SY4 2HT|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Vivian Charles
Watson Marsh|Chairman|||
||Lee Sanderson|Secretary|||
||Maureen Formby|Treasurer|||
||Rev Paul Firmin|Trustee|||
## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Vivian Charles Watson Marsh **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 08/04/2025
||**Praise Bee**|**Praise Bee**|**Praise Bee**|**Praise Bee**|**Praise Bee**|**1195622**|**1195622**||**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date|||
||||8/1/2023||||7/31/2024|||
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|**Section A Receipts andpayments**||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Sponsorship from TVS Supply Chain
Solutions Ltd|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**(Gross income for AR)|**1,000**
||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**Total receipts **|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Payment of reimbursed expenses|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|c/f to 2024/2025 financialyear|||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**Sub total **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**Totalpayments **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**Net of receipts/(payments) **|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**335**||**-**||**-**||**335**|||
|**Cash funds thisyear end **|**1,335**||**-**||**-**||**1,335**||**-**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
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|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Balance in bank||||**1,335**||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Total cash funds**||||**1,335**||**-**||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||OK||OK|
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
~~**’**~~
|||||||**-**||**-**|
|~~**charit s o n**~~
~~**se**~~||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval|
||||||Vivian Charles Watson Marsh||||4/8/2025|